Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project. No. 1

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Call Number: Blu-ray FLC-MULTI Martin
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch

Title from container.
River called Titas based on the novel by Advaita Malla Barman.
Touki-bouki: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1973.
Redes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1936.
River called Titas: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1973.
Dry summer: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964.
Trances: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981.
Housemaid: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960.
Special features: New digital restorations of all six films, undertaken by the World Cinema Project in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks; new introductions to the films by World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese; new interview programs featuring filmmakers Abderrahmane Sissako (on Touki bouki), Kumar Shahani (on A river called Titas), Metin Erksan and Fatih Akin (on Dry summer), and Bong Joon-ho (on The housemaid); new visual essay on Redes by filmmaker and critic Kent Jones; new program on Trances featuring interviews with director Ahmed El Maânouni, producer Izza Génini, musician Omar Sayed, and Scorsese; new English subtitle translations; booklet featuring a foreword by Jones and essays on the films by Richard Porton, Charles Ramírez Berg, Adrian Martin, Bilge Ebiri, Sally Shafto, and Kyung Hyun Kim.
[disc 1]. Touki-bouki = The journey of the hyena (89 min. ; 1973) (Senegal) / une production Cinegrit ; produit et réalisé par Djibril Diop Mambety ; written by Djibril Diop Mambety -- Redes = The wave (59 min. ; 1936) (Mexico) / S.E.P.B.A. Mexico presenta ; autores, Agustin Velazquez Chavez, Paul Strand ; adaptador, H. Rodakiewikz ; directores, Emilio Gomez Muriel y Fred Zinnemann ; producer, Secretaría de Educatión Pública, Mexico City.
[disc 2]. A river called Titas = Titash ekti nadir naam (156 min. ; 1973) (India/Bangladesh) / written and directed by Ritwik Ghatak ; executive producer, Sanwar Murshed ; producers, Habibur Rahman Khan, Chowdhury Fayez Ahmed -- Susuz yaz = Dry summer (90 min. ; 1964) (Turkey) / a Ulvi Doğan production ; screenplay by Metin Erksan, Kemal Inci, Ismet Soydan ; story by Necati Cumali ; directed by Metin Erksan ; produced by Metin Erksan, Ulvi Doğan.
[disc 3]. Transes = Trances (88 min. ; 1981) (Morocco) / une coproduction Sogeav (Paris), Interfilms (Casablanca) ; Izza Genini et Souheil Ben Barka présentent ; scénario et image, Ahmed El Maanouni ; un film de Ahmen El Maanouni -- The housemaid = Hanyŏ (108 min. ; 1960) (North Korea) / Korean Literature and Art Film Corporation ; original screenplay by Kim Ki-young ; a Kim Ki-young production ; script, Kim Jeong-sook ; produced and directed by Kim Ki-young ; executive producer, Ahn Hwayoung.
Touki bouki: Magaye Niang, Mareme Niang, Christophe Colomb, Moustapha Toure, Aminata Fall, Ousseynou Diop, Fernand Dalfin, Al Demba, Dieynaba Dieng, Assane Faye, Robbie Lawson, Magoné N'diaye, Aliou N'diaye, Apsa Niang, Omar Seck, Colette Simon, Langouste.
Redes: Silvio Hernández del Valle, Antonio Lara, Miguel Figueroa, Rafael Hinojosa, Felipe Rojas, David Valle González, Susana Ortiz Cobos, and the fishermen and neighbors of Alvarado.
River called Titas: Kabari Choudhury, Roushan Jamil, Prabir Mitra, Ritwik Ghatak, Rani Sarkar, Sufia Rustam, Rosy Samad, Golam Mostafa, M.A. Khair, Shafiq Islam, Narayan Chakrabarty, Magan Sardar.
Dry summer: Erol Taş, Hülya Koçyiğit, Ulvi Doğan, Alaettin Altiok, Hakki Haktan, Zeki Tüney, Yavuz Yalinkiliç.
Trances: Nass El Ghiwane musicians: Omar Sayed, Larbi Batma, Abderrahman "Paco" Kirouche, Allal Yaâla.
Housemaid: Kim Jin-kyu, Ju Jeung-nyeo, Lee Eun-shim, Um Aeng-ran, Go Seon-ae, Wang Sook-rang, Kang Suk-jae, La Jeong-ok, Ahn Seong-gi, Lee Yu-ri, Ok Gyeon-hee, Lah Ok-ju, Choi Nam-hyeon, Nam Bang-choon, Cho Seok-geun, Kim Man.
Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container.
Redes: "This vivid, documentary-like dramatization of the daily grind of men struggling to make a living by fishing on the Gulf of Mexico (mostly played by real-life fishermen), one worker's terrible loss instigates a political awakening among him and his fellow laborers"--Container.
River called Titas: "A saga ... [of] the tumultuous lives of people in fishing villages along the banks of the Titas River in pre-Partition East Bengal"--Container.
Dry summer: "Follows the machinations of an unrepentantly selfish tobacco farmer who builds a dam to prevent water from flowing downhill to his neighbors' crops. ... Alongside this tale ... is one of overheated desire, as a love triangle develops between the farmer, his more decent brother, and the beautiful villager the latter takes as his bride"--Container.
Trances: "The ... Moroccan band Nass El Ghiwane is the ... subject of this ... musical documentary"--Container.
Housemaid: "The story of the devastating effect an unstable housemaid has on the domestic cocoon of a bourgeois, morally dubious music teacher, his devoted wife, and their precocious young children"--Container.
Blu-ray, region A; full screen (1.37:1 or 1.33:1) presentations; uncompressed monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Contents: Titāsa ekaṭi nadīra nāma.

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